Wonder Bar (DVD)

Al Jolson heads a cast of '30s luminaries in this escapist Depression Era mix of music and melodrama. But the biggest star is behind the camera: musical-number creator and director Busby Berkeley, whose genius shines brightest in the spectacular razzle-dazzle of Don't Say Goodnight. Here, Berkeley orchestrates stunning top shots, eye-popping geometry, mirrors that multiply the dancers into infinity and 60 white pillars that move as effortlessly as the human talent. One night at the Wonder Bar ' don't be late!

Starring: Al Jolson, Kay Francis, Dolores Del Rio, Ricardo Cortez, Dick Powell, Fifi D'Orsay, Merna Kennedy, Henry O'Neill, Robert Barrat, Henry Kolker, Hal Le Roy, Guy Kibbee, Ruth Donnelly, Hugh Herbert, Louise Fazenda, Gordon de Main, Harry Woods, George Irving, Emil Chautard, Pauline Garon, Alphonse Martel, Rolfe Sedan, Gino Corrado, Eddie Kane, Edward Keane, Jane Darwell, Demetrius Alexis, John Marlowe, William Anderson, Grace Hayle, Gordon Elliott, Paul Power, Renee Whitney, Rosalie Roy, Lottie Williams, Clay Clement, William Stack, Spencer Charters, Robert Graves, Alfred P. James

Director: Robert Lord